Duleep Trophy 2026/27 schedule

East Zone play North East Zone and North Zone face West Zone in the quarter-finals from 23 to 26 August. Central Zone and South Zone receive direct entry to the semi-finals, which start on 30 August.

The final begins on 6 September and can run through 10 September. Each schedule date is the opening day of a multi-day first-class match, not a one-day fixture.

Both quarter-finals run from 23 to 26 August, and both semi-finals run from 30 August to 2 September. Those four fixtures each have a four-day playing window.

The final has a five-day window from 6 to 10 September. The large date shown beside each fixture is its opening day; the complete date range remains in the round label so a multi-day match is not mistaken for a one-day event.

The East Zone versus North East Zone winner advances to face Central Zone in semi-final 1. The North Zone versus West Zone winner advances to face South Zone in semi-final 2.

The two semi-final winners meet in the final. Conditional opponent labels remain in the schedule until the preceding match produces the official qualifier.

BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1 hosts the North Zone versus West Zone quarter-final, Central Zone's semi-final and the final. Ground 2 hosts the East Zone versus North East Zone quarter-final and South Zone's semi-final.

Both grounds are within the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. The schedule preserves the ground number because two matches begin at the same time in the quarter-final and semi-final rounds.

All five matches were still upcoming at the 16 August cutoff. A result and score line will appear only after the current BCCI match centre confirms the outcome; the page will not infer a winner from an incomplete innings or an unsupported report.

Quarter-final and semi-final placeholders will be replaced with the named qualifier after the preceding official result. Until then, labels such as “Quarter-final 1 winner” accurately preserve the published bracket dependency.